동아시아의 역사화해를 위한 시론

Poetry for Historical Reconciliation in East Asia

The root cause of the First and Second World War can be said to be the conflict between expansionist policies between imperialist countries, that is, colonial invasion and domination policy. The United States, who won these wars, needed a rhetoric to judge the defeated nations and claim their legitimacy in the name of civilization. This investigation is embodied in The International Military Tribunal for the Far East. The International Military Tribunal for the Far East limited the period from the killing of Jang Cheol-lin in 1928 to the defeat of 45 years, which led to the Manchurian incident in 1931. The International Military Tribunal for the Far East did not deal with various forms of crime in the process of colonization and control. The war responsibility theory commonly discussed in Japan in conjunction with the timing of The International Military Tribunal for the Far East does not include the responsibility for colonial rule. Therefore, it is necessary to change the structure of the discussion from war responsibility theory to colonial responsibility theory. This change is to declare that colonial rule by imperialist countries is against human universal values.